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MartDude · #1 Post by **MartDude** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:18 pm

. . the work-shy fop club.

Redundancy was finalised, signed, sealed paid off etc. an hour ago.

Very glad the waiting in limbo is finally over, but not looking forward to being enmeshed in the benefits system - not had to deal with it for 35 years.

Anyway, I'll be sat here for a while pondering stuff, so feel free to join me in a drink or three.

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:10 pm

Can you afford it at the loony prices they cost?

You have my commiserations, nowt worse than joining the work shy club.

pint of Adam's please

Aladinsaneuk · #3 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:11 pm

Hmmmmm

Free ale from a skanky doley.....

Oh go on then - spitfire Please

fatboy · #4 Post by **fatboy** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:33 pm

Can you pretend to be Nigerian ?

blinkey501 · #5 Post by **blinkey501** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:11 pm

Guiness here please mart

Willopotomas · #6 Post by **Willopotomas** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:20 pm

I'll be kind on you and go for a Tyskie. It's £1 a can at our local wog shop and is 7%abv, so getting pissed for a fiver is now doable again. Before discovering this little gem, getting drunk for five quid hadn't occurred since secondary school.. I only have to get a sniff of White Lightning and I'm ill..lol..

randomsquid · #7 Post by **randomsquid** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:52 pm

I'll have a bottle of Crumpton Oaks Cider. Least unpleasant way of getting drunked on the cheap.

#8 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:58 pm

Crate of Director's please.. ta

D-Rider · #9 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:27 am

Plenty of time to knock up your own homebrew .... unless you develop a taste for meths and white-spirit.

..... Think I'll stick to a nice cool glass of water ....

DavShill · #10 Post by **DavShill** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:34 pm

Cheers Mart - all things work out in the end so here's to your future mate - Black Sheep please.

HowardQ · #11 Post by **HowardQ** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:40 pm

Good luck Mart, I've just gone through the same thing, but much easier in my case, as I was exactly six months off 65, so after 37 years in the job taking redundancy was a no brainer.
I took the money and ran, and have no plans to look for a job.
I'm guessing you are quite a bit younger than me and if you got redundancy money there won't be much "goverment help" (?) coming along for a while, so you need to get out fairly quickly and see what there is, as it ain't easy at the moment.
Over the last couple of years, around 1400 people eventually volunteered for redundancy at Rotherham Council and many of those younger than me are still looking for work after spending the redundancy money.

I'll have a pint with you!

BikerGran · #12 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:47 pm

I'll have some wine from one of those boxes - it's really rather good!

Redundancy is an odd and rather unpleasant feeling, but it was once a very good thing for me, got me out of a rut - I know times are hard but anything could happen!

D-Rider · #13 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:29 pm

I was made redundant from my previous job. The redundancy money doesn't last long - well not if you only get minimum statutory that is - and I guess in these times that's probably the norm.

Samray · #14 Post by **Samray** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:55 pm

My work just sorta faded away as my illness faded in, with no help from anywhere (unless I could find a quack to say I would last less than another 6 months)... my old boss was a right git!
Couldn't have survived without drawing assorted benefits I now find myself entitled to. Keep waiting for some b'stard to grab half of that back again.

flatlander · #15 Post by **flatlander** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:59 pm

Ever mind that claim all the shote you can such as insulation courses gym passed etc my pikey uncle made a career out of it